Plate Tectonics

CONTINENT
CONVECTION
CONVERGENT
CRUST
DIVERGENT
EARTHQUAKE
FAULTS
LANDFORMS
LITHOSPHERE
OCEAN
PANGAEA
PLATES
SUBDUCTION
TECTONICS
TRANSFORM

Using modern equipment, scientists known as oceanographers have been able to measure and map out the ocean floor. What these scientists have discovered has helped explain how it is that continents are able to move around on the Earth’s crust.

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N D B I I H S E Q L Z N M B N
T S E T A L P U R J U B R D I
I H A O W A Z S R R Z A O U C
N O I T C E V N O C P K F C S
E C V A D V E Z Y H A M D T C
N E M R O F S N A R T J N I A
T A Y S K V I L G P S I A O L
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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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2# # # A E A G N A P # # # # E
3# # E A R T H Q U A K E # # C
4C # # R # # # S # # # # # S T
5O # # # E T # # T # # # S U O
6N # # # # H S # # L # # M B N
7T S E T A L P U # # U # R D I
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9N O I T C E V N O C # # F C S
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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  14s
CONVECTION  99w
CONVERGENT  215e
CRUST  109nw
DIVERGENT  71e
EARTHQUAKE  33e
FAULTS  139nw
LANDFORMS  1313n
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  29s
PANGAEA  102w
PLATES  77w
SUBDUCTION  144s
TECTONICS  151s
TRANSFORM  1111w